Menu-holder



N. H. HASSEL.

MENU'HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 1;. 1.911.

Patented Aug. 19, 1919.

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THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co.. WASHINGTON, D. c.

vUNITED srA'rns N PAT NELs 4H. nrissEL,k or rAsADENA, Y CALIFORNIA. Y

Application led September" 13, 1917. Serial No. 191,278.

My invention relates to menu cards such as are used for the purpose of ordering meals. Ordinarily cards for this purpose I consist of printed cards upon which the various articles are enumerated from which orders for a meal are made by the guests as they come to the table, and in such common practice it is necessary for the cook to prepare a large quantity of each of the articles enumerated on the card as the amount of orders that may be received for any particular item or items on the card are -problematical- A It is the object of my invention to provide a card and holder for the same, which is supplied to the guests at the conclusion of one meal whereon they may designate the articles which they desire to have served for their neXt meal. With such cards collected the cook has before him the items ordered for the next meal and is able to prepare approximately the eXact amount of eachitem that will' be required for serving such meal, thereby conserving a great amount of food, which under the old system-would necessarily be wasted. Other objects and advantages will be clear hereinafter from the following description.

Referring to the drawings which are for illustrative purposes only,

Figure l is a face View of a menu holder embodying a form of my invention.

Fig, 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional View of the card holder shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of a portion of the device illustrating the manner of locking the several parts together.

The device consists of a casing having a front wall or frame 11 to which is pivotally connected at 12 a rear wall or back 13, therear wall being preferably raised from the front wall leaving a slight space therebetween indicated at 14 in Fig. 2. The back 13 is locked to the front wall l1 by means of a latch 15 slidably mounted on headed pins 16 which are secured to the front wall 11, the latch 15 being elastically held 1n MENU-HOLDER.

Specification of VLetters Patent. Patented Aug,-

engagement with la rib 17,"formed on the.

back, by means of a coiled spring 18 which abuts against an ear vor lugl 19v mounted ou the back and-'against the latch 15.

For the purpose 'of operating'thelatch a tongue 20 projects throughl 'a slot 21 formed in the edge of the back so that byade-` pression of 'the tongue' the latch I1'5 becomes vdisengaged with the rib 17 and the back may be opened.

The front wall or frame 11 is provided with a display opening 22 through which the menu card designated at 23 is visible. The back portion of the front wall of the holder is cut away for the purpose of forming a seat 24 for the menu card 23, the menu card being held in place thereon by means of a backing- 25 hinged at 26 to the front wall 1l, means being provided for retaining the backing against the menu card consisting of a plate 28 pivoted at 29 to the front wall of the casing.

The items on the menu card are arranged one above the other in such manner that rt'he items on the card come opposite a series of indicators indicated at 30, each indicator being provided with a pin 31 pivotally mounted in the front wall 11 as clearly shown in Fig. 2, :and each indicator having a pointer 32 and a linger piece 33. Provision is made for elastically holding the'indicators in two positions, the indicators 'being preferably made of metal and having a rounded lug indicated at 34 formed on the under side of the same, the lug 34 being adapted to seat itself in openings 35 formed in the front wall of the holder, there being two such openings for each indicator and one of such openings being in alinement with an item on the menu card.

If desired, an opening40 may be providedY 1 OFFICE a holder` containing a menu card for the next mealand the guest indicates the items which he desires served to him by moving the indicators so that such indicators point to the items to be served. As it is indicated in Fig. l, the indicators designated at a have been moved to indicate certain articles on the card. The cards are then collected and delivered to the cook Who may ascertain approximately the amount of each article it is necessary to prepare for the next meal. When the next meal is served, the lwaiters,

" by taking the cards WithY the designation of the guests names thereon, are in a position to immediately proceed with the serving of the meal fromthe cards rthereby saving the time of the waiters. y K

`What I claim is I In a menu card holder, a casing consistingl of -a front Wall having a card display opening therein, a: seat formed about said opening on the back of said Wall, a menu card on said seat, a backing over said menu card to hold the card on 'the seat, a rear Wall for said casing hinged to the front Wall, latch means on the casing for engagingrthe rear Wall, and a series of indicators on said front Wall about the display opening therein, said front Wall having a name display opening therein. Y Y Y Y In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles, California, this 7th day of September, 1917.

NELS H. HASSEL.

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